Example sentences of "ran off [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sam ran off across the yard ; he did not appear for lunch . |
| 2 | On this occasion he ran off across the field , but was later arrested . |
| 3 | Then he jumped off , grabbed Caspar who was trailing his lead , and ran off towards the gate . |
| 4 | He then ran off towards the Alexander yacht club and is thought to have smashed a couple of windows as he made off . |
| 5 | The youths ran off towards the town centre with the bag which contained about £80 . |
| 6 | ‘ So you ran off to the sea ? ’ |
| 7 | I screamed at him as I ran off through the woods . |
| 8 | I ran off through the hospital looking for someone . |
| 9 | He insisted on walking her home but she ran off at the corner . |
| 10 | He eventually panicked and ran off as the boy screamed for help . |
| 11 | Yet when he saw her the next day and attempted to speak to her she told him to leave her alone and ran off into the prop-room . |
| 12 | In terror , she lifted her skirts and ran off into the village , proclaiming loudly that ‘ the diel ’ was in Alloway kirk . |
| 13 | No , ran down , you know , ran off into the ocean , ran into the rivers and off into the ocean , that way . |
| 14 | Little Krishna ran off into the jungle . |
| 15 | A mile down the road , he asked me to stop , jumped out and ran off into the darkness , leaving his knife behind . |
| 16 | ‘ He was kind to look after me after you and Maria Luisa ran off into the sunset but … but the old magic was n't there . ’ |
| 17 | And he ran off into the trees . |
| 18 | She invited him to cover it up with a paper bag but he snapped the band round the back of his head and ran off into the street , an elephant ramping above the collar of his jersey , his new trunk bobbing . |
| 19 | When Julie saw her coming she ran off over the road . |
| 20 | Alexander ran off down the hall and vanished into the sitting-room . |
| 21 | One doctor was being driven home when he suddenly said : ‘ Stop the car and let me out ’ , at which he leapt out and ran off down the road into the dark . |
| 22 | Then he ran off down the road like a pack o' dogs was after him . |
| 23 | I ran off down the hill to our street and went down the back alley-way to Julie 's , so my mum would n't see me . |
| 24 | I screamed and ran off down the street . |
| 25 | He ran off down the street straight into a policeman . |
| 26 | He ran off down the stairs , without a smile or a look , and she was left again with Philip . |
| 27 | He laughed , tucked the charango under his arm and ran off down the track . |
| 28 | Barely waiting for a reply , Candy all but ran off down the garden path , leaving Rory feeling more alone and more vulnerable than she ever had in her life . |
| 29 | It was hardly likely to be repeated in 1977 , when Niki returned to form with a vengeance and ran off with the championship by a huge margin , leaving Master James stranded in fifth place . |
| 30 | Lardner was called ‘ the Tyrant ’ by his contributors ; he was an Irishman , who created a sensation when he ran off with the wife of an army officer . |